bombilla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish bombilla (“straw”, literally “little pump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɒmˈbiː(j)ə/, /boʊmˈbiʃə/

Noun

bombilla (plural bombillas)

  1. A straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté.
    • 1856 July–October, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume IV, A. and C. Black, page 194:
      The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. The bombilla is literally “a little pump,” that is, a sucking tube, ending in a perforated bulb, which performs the office of the perforated diaphragm in our teapot spouts.

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bomˈbiʎa/ [bõmˈbi.ʎa]
  • Rhymes: -iʎa
  • Syllabification: bom‧bi‧lla

Noun

bombilla f (plural bombilles)

  1. light bulb

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From bomba +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

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  • Syllabification: bom‧bi‧lla

Noun

bombilla f (plural bombillas)

  1. diminutive of bomba
  2. light bulb
    Synonyms: bombillo, (Chile) ampolleta, foco
  3. bombilla, drinking straw
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita
  4. (vulgar, colloquial) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Descendants

  • → Bikol Central: bombilya
  • → Cebuano: bumbilya
  • → Tagalog: bombilya

Further reading

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